Conocybe rickenii (Schaeff.) Kuhn. syn. Galera rickenii Schaeff. Dung-Samthaubchen. Cap 1–2.5cm across, conical to bell-shaped, cream tinged ochre-brown or more grey-brown at the centre, almost never striate. Stem 40–70 x 1–2mm, whitish cream darkening to dirty brown with age. Flesh thin, grey-brown in cap, cream to ochre-brown in the stem, darkening towards the base. Taste and smell not distinctive. Gills ochraceous-cream at first darkening to rusty-ochre. Spore print brown. Spores elliptic to oval, 10–20 x 6–12um. Basidia two-spored. Cap cuticle cellular. Habitat on rich soil, compost heaps or dung. Season autumn. In Europe. Inedible. Occasional |